Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine blade manufacture
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Application No.: US16761506Application Date: 2018-11-06
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Publication No.: US11585319B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Robert Charles Preston , Sean Keohan , Andrew Hedges
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DKPA201770831 20171107
- International Application: PCT/DK2018/050284 WO 20181106
- International Announcement: WO2019/091530 WO 20190516
- Main IPC: B29C65/50
- IPC: B29C65/50 ; F03D1/06 ; B29C65/48 ; B29C65/78 ; B29C65/00 ; B29L31/08

Abstract:
Improvements relating to wind turbine blade manufacture 5 A method of making a wind turbine blade is described. The method involves providing a blade shell having an inner surface defining a mounting region and positioning a web in the mounting region. One or more web restraining devices are used to secure the position of the web in the mounting region. Each restraining device has a first portion attached to the web and a second portion attached to the inner surface of the blade shell. The 10 restraining devices are configured to prevent movement of the web in a first plane substantially parallel to the mounting region and to permit movement of the web in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the mounting region. The method further comprises moving the web in the second plane away from the mounting region and performing one or more preparatory operations on the mounting region with the web 15 moved away from the mounting region. The web is then repositioned in the mounting region by moving the web in the second plane back towards the mounting region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210180560A1 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO WIND TURBINE BLADE MANUFACTURE Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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